Why relationships need plain old hard work to survive

Anthony is the founder of Imagine Life Coaching. He is a results-orientated Master Life Coach, and, aside from…

One of the biggest lies sweeping through both self-help and western religion is the notion that you can have anything you want. Just have enough faith/belief/positive affirmation and it can be yours! Sadly, this is not quite true.

It is an incomplete statement as it conveniently leaves out the bits about time and hard work.

People go out there looking for Mr/Mrs Right, and when it isn’t a made-to-order relationship they give up and walk away.

The best relationships can take a decade or so before it reaches the truly awesome

There is an idea that the right person is out there, and when you meet him/her, the relationship will be just perfect.

Some would argue that at least some of the time this must be true, but the colossal divorce rate is proving that relationships are never perfect and always require more work than people realise.

Quite often, the best you can hope for when it comes to compatibility is that neither of you eats babies. Or as the famous song goes, “Hey we both saw the same movie, at least we have that!”

Get it into your head: if you are looking at a new relationship or are currently in one, and if you want it to be awesome, then it will take time and hard work

Get it into your head: if you are looking at a new relationship or are currently in one, and if you want it to be awesome, then it will take time and hard work.

If you are not prepared to invest either, then save your partner the heartbreak and walk away now.

A good relationship, even the best, will be fraught with incompatibilities, disagreements and awkward silences. These are not signs that the relationship is doomed, or that you are not right for each other: they are simply indications that you are both human beings and there is work to be done.

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